Cate's Diary

Happy Birthday to Cate
Happy Birthday to Cate
Happy Birthday dear Cate
Happy Birthday to you.

I will be celebrating your birthday by playing golf and then going on a date. One of those things is going to be expensive, exhausting, humiliating and I'm almost certainly not going to score well. The other one is golf.
 
Happy birthday Cate!

Wishing you the best of luck for your weight loss and health (as well as others) goals.

I hope you have a great day. :)

:grouphug:
 
Hi Quercus & thank you for my little birthday party! We shared a bottle of French Champagne, Mumm Cordon Rouge, as this time last year we were in Paris!
Thanks Mr Vee! You actually made me laugh out loud & then I had to read your post out to my LH, as he was curious. I love your sense of humour, & it will be lovely when you find a special someone to share it with! It will happen. Do you have SOH listed in your attributes? Hope your golf was better than mine!
Hi Athala & thanks for your birthday wishes & hug. I had a lovely quiet day.
Hi Jess & thanks again sweets. I have no idea how many hours it took me to read "Sarah's Key". I read some after breakfast, in the afternoon when we got home, & then early evening, before watching TV. About 5 maybe...I do read incredibly fast. It can be annoying sometimes, especially when a book is so good you want it to last! I love reading with a passion, but have to have breaks between ordering them. I get them from the library these days. I have 2 favourite Australian authors who I'm "friends" with on Facebook. One has a new book, only just released. My sister is going to meet her again to get 2 copies autographed& will post me mine. The other author has just sent hers off to the publishers. I can't wait for both! I will buy her others when I can afford to. It was lovely getting a birthday message from my favourite author. It's actually her, too, not some secretary. Nice!

My birthday was very low key this year. Actually they always are, with the exception of last year. Not much could surpass our trip to Italy, Switzerland & France. My birthday in Paris was just lovely. Every year I say we should fuss more, but the truth is we're just not into fuss. I didn't even bother buying myself a present from my husband. I couldn't think of anything I wanted or needed particularly & there's not much point. He is almost faultless, with the possible exception of his dislike of shopping. :) We did buy a bottle of Mumm Cordon Rouge. It was my choice to lash out on French champagne & eat at home, rather than dining out on food that would not have been as nice anyway. Yesterday was a miserable day, weather-wise & home was a good place to be.
We did go visit Mum so that she would see me on my birthday. I knew she would have no idea it was my birthday & she seemed happy that we did.
I'm going to have a very strict food day today & ride my exercise bike & no alcohol. We shared the champagne with lunch, but also shared a French Merlot with dinner. I only went over my calories by about 200 for the day, so still would have been in deficit, but I am going to have a good week this week!
Lots of love to all xoxo Cate
 
"I'm going to have a very strict food day today & ride my exercise bike & no alcohol."
2 out of 3! Rode my bike, took my little dog for a walk, no alcohol, but had a bad eating day! :( It hasn't happened for a long time. It made me feel really awful & I don't know why I did it. Moving on..........

It's my LH's golf day today & we're about to head off. I spend the day in town & do the bar before & afterwards. Tonight is his 8-ball & I will go with him. I'll do some walking today & maybe forgo my lunch at the deli. I'll take some apples with me. I feel really gluggy & sluggish! :smash:
Bye for now xo Cate
 
Thanks V. I played today & played badly again. I'm feeling a bit fragile right now, so will come back tomorrow morning. Women can be horrible. I feel sorry for any man, trying to work out how to get on with women!
 
I'm feeling much better tonight, but know if I try to explain how I was feeling I'll just get upset again. I'm licking my wounds. I feel like I almost have to suppress my personality to fit in with the "lady" golfers. I'm trying to work out what I'll do about it, but I don't want to "cut of my nose to spite my face" as I love playing golf, but can't stand the crap. I can't be a wallflower.
We're going away for the week-end for 8-ball. I won't take my computer. I'll be back Sunday night. We have changed our plans twice already to fit in with our younger son & have changed back to our original plan. He can be very frustrating, but I'm not going to get crabby with him. It's best to do what suits you really & we should know better by now!
I do sound like a cranky pants so will head. I'll work things out somehow. I may start disappearing straight after we finish golf from now on, or I may front up to the woman who really pissed me off yesterday (& hurt my feelings.) I know that I always feel that I just don't fit in. Women can be such bitches!
Lots of love to all xoxo Cate
 
Tell that woman to be nice to you or I'm going to come down there and put her through a terrible nightmare she won't ever forget: I'll go on a date with her.
 
Oh, V! Thank you. That did make me laugh! You're WAYYY too good for her! She's an old chook who thinks no-one else is allowed have an opinion or to be right about anything. I'm over her today, but I will say something to her when I get the right chance.
I had better have a quick look around before we head off. We have a 3 hour drive today & will come back Sunday afternoon. Cheers, xo Cate.
 
Glad you're feeling better and I hope you're having a fun trip. Your golfdragon sounds like Hyacinth from "Keeping up appearances"!
 
Hi La Maria. Have well & truly put her into the back of my mind! Had a big week-end! We got down to Hobart way too early on Friday & drank way too much wine! :svengo: We ended up listening to some live music (friends of our YS's) & dancing. I was wise enough to drink at least one glass of water for every glass of wine so woke up pretty good on Sat. Had a very quiet week-end, drinks-wise after that, but was busy helping out with the organising of the 8-ball tournament. I didn't realise they did need me as I thought some-one else was going to be doing it. Luckily I had headed off early before it started on Sat & managed to get a haircut & to visit Salamanca Market because I hardly left the table for the rest of the week-end. It was good though, but I have come home with a sore throat & feeling very tired.
I think we have our YS & 3 of his friends coming for dinner tonight. We met them Sat night briefly & have met one of them before. She met our YS in Canada & is now living back in Western Australia. Her & her 2 friends are doing a whirlwind trip around Tassie & plan on staying here tonight. We never feel 100% sure when our YS is involved as plans change all the time. I would be quite happy if they don't come really. A quiet night would be lovely.
I'll try finding out soon what's happening as we will need to get cooking or at least get thawing. We have quite a few curries in the freezer. :D
Bye for now, xo Cate
 
Our son & his friends had trouble connecting up & I managed to catch up with his friends to let them know I wasn't feeling up to a dinner party, but they were welcome to visit. I was glad that they decided to extend their hiking instead. I have done little in the last 2 days except sit on my chair, reading. I'm feeling quite a bit better tonight, after the rest. My throat is getting sore again tonight & I have decided to stay home, rather than going out to 8-ball. I'm dreading Winter really. I know we have to have it & I know our Winters are not as bad as in lots of countries, but I am looking forward to Spring!
I will start taking Echinacea soon I think.
Lots of love to all xoxo Cate
 
:cheers2: Sending you a large grog (what ever makes you think there's beer in those glasses?), hope you'll get well soon.
 
Thanks Icy & LaMaria! I am feeling a fair bit better this morning, but am taking the day off golf & having another lazy day. I think it's just a cold. I'll buy some Echinacea tomorrow. Cheers, xo Cate
 
Having a bit of a quiet time at the moment, have started taking Echinacea, but feeling lazy & slightly in limbo. Sunday is the start of a new month & I plan on coming out fighting again. Will be away again for most of the week-end unfortunately, or maybe fortunately. I need to get moving more again. Looking forward to feeling 100% again. Much love to all xoxo Cate
 
Sometimes the body just needs off days (or at least mine seems to), hope you'll enjoy the weekend anyway.
 
I was in the middle of a very long post yesterday when my laptop battery just fizzled, instead of giving me warning! So, I'll just say hi & a quick precis! Feeling much better, had a good week-end, will be going to Darwin later in the year now, so had better lose a few kgs beforehand! Finding it very hard to knuckle down! Cheers xo Cate
 
I have not weighed myself for weeks. I must soon. I'll make myself tomorrow. Denial is never good. I haven't felt up to exercise for over 2 weeks &, while I have not been eating badly, I can't imagine that my weight has gone down either. It gets harder & harder to knuckle down! Kate & Jess- if you're reading this, please come back & we'll spur one another on!
Love to all xoxo Cate
 
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